Thank you for checking out our Wednesday in preschool!
We had a different check-in this morning. Each friend decided how he/she was feeling today (happy, sad, angry, scared, tired, or excited). Then wrote his/her name in the correct column!
With everyone checked in, we used our early math skills to see that "tired" had the most with 5 friends, while "sad", "angry", & "scared" had the least with 1 friend each!
To finish up morning meeting, I had 7 items from around the classroom. This time they were the same, except for their color! After identifying each color, we locked them in our brains. I covered the items with a towel and removed 2. Our job was to recognize and recall what was missing! There was no fooling us...we figured it out every time, even though this was a bit tougher than past "what is missing" games!
We headed to chapel were Miss Steinbacher taught us all about the 12 disciples. She then told us about another disciple and had a mirror...each of us is a disciple and we can tell others about Jesus!
Another day in the commons led us to improve our core strength as we used scooters...
Last week we read "Who Sank the Boat?", discovering that when the mouse got in, the boat sank. Today we searched for pictures of different kinds of boats on the smart board. We noticed there were some things that were the same, but each boat actually looked quite different.
After exploring each boat, each friend drew a picture of the boat they would like to make (next week) out of aluminum foil.
Time for small groups (centers)!
With Mrs. Mudd, we completed another observational drawing of the same tree that we did earlier in the year. Each friend looked to see what was different about the tree since last time. Then, they drew the tree again, realizing they didn't need much color, since the tree and grass were mostly gray and brown (and there were no leaves!)
When it's frozen outside, what could be better than a "Frozen" dance party! We LOVED dancing and singing along with Elsa, Anna, and Olaf!
We improved hand-eye coordination and patterning skills as we made towers, in a pattern, with cubes! Success for some was copying a pattern already made. Success for others was finishing a pattern already started. While success for some was starting and completing a pattern on his/her own!
With Mrs. Fahey we improved number recognition and counting objects while we placed snowballs (marshmallows) in egg cartons! On the bottom of each space on the egg carton was a number. Each friend had to put that number of "snowballs" into that space of the egg carton. Early math skills at work!
And...hooray for large motor time outside in the fresh air and sunshine!
That's a wrap for today, folks!
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